Caliper_Mi
Member
I often hear people talk about having a side-saddle on a HD shotgun so the mag can be loaded with buckshot and keep some slugs on the side for "special situations".
I certainly understand the effectiveness of a 1oz lead slug for ruining a BG's day, but I'm struggling with how to perform this action. I've got a Mossberg 500, and by the time the shell in the chamber is ejected, the mag has fed the next shell onto the elevator. Can't hand load then because it seems a sure way to jam up the gun with two shells in the action, right?
Is the theory to rack the slide back, flip the gun on its side to dump the round the mag fed and then hand load the slug before closing the slide? And I'm supposed to do this while the BG (who wasn't stopped by a load of 00 buck ) is menacing me? What am I missing here? Is this just a sightly impractical situation or is there some special technique?
I certainly understand the effectiveness of a 1oz lead slug for ruining a BG's day, but I'm struggling with how to perform this action. I've got a Mossberg 500, and by the time the shell in the chamber is ejected, the mag has fed the next shell onto the elevator. Can't hand load then because it seems a sure way to jam up the gun with two shells in the action, right?
Is the theory to rack the slide back, flip the gun on its side to dump the round the mag fed and then hand load the slug before closing the slide? And I'm supposed to do this while the BG (who wasn't stopped by a load of 00 buck ) is menacing me? What am I missing here? Is this just a sightly impractical situation or is there some special technique?